Opinion: Will AI Coding Erase Skills or Create More Experts?
timigod · x · 2026-08-20
Responding to "Stack Underflow: Losing the Craft of Coding," the author argues: 1. Losing hard skills like writing assembly is acceptable. 2. In absolute terms, more people will become experts and understand the stack deeper due to AI. The original article describes how engineers relying on AI agents are losing their implementation muscles despite retaining architectural knowledge.
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